So I like the Tab Keyboard Dock and use it quite a lot. What I don't like is that I've got nothing to put it in when I throw it in my bag. I can't find any specific cases for the keyboard (no surprise). Has anyone found a specific clip box or the like that can act as a case for the tab keyboard?
Thanks
I don't know if there have been any threads asking about this, but I figured I would share my success story to clear up any confusion or for anyone that was wondering. I just received my Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000, and I had zero problems pairing it up with my Streak that is on the Dell 2.2 Stock firmware (mine is rooted but this makes no difference in terms of the mouse working).
As soon as the mouse is successfully connected, a little cursor appears in the middle of the screen. So far, it looks like it works in just about any app. I've tried the browser, messaging, and even angry birds, and the cursor is on the screen 100% of the time. It even works on the lock screen, and can be used to unlock the phone just like a finger can. The scroll wheel also works for scrolling through menus and such, and in the browser, haven't really tested that extensively.
The scroll wheel button, and the right click do not seem to have any function, as well as the extra button that this mouse has on the left side.
It's working flawlessly so far! I'm thoroughly pleased that Dell Implemented the HID profile into the Streak, and a mouse cursor so that we can have this kind of functionality . If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask and I will answer the best I can (if anyone wants me to test this with a particular app, for example).
Way cool.
I have a BT Microsoft mouse at home I'll have to give it a try tonight.
Thanks for the heads up.
Sure thing .
I have yet to find an application that will allow me to map functions to the extra mouse buttons. If anyone has any ideas, please share.
I tried mine "Logitech" it working with scroll wheel.
BR
The mouse can operate simultaneously with the apple bluetooth keyboard (the used)
Tried with a MS IntelliMouse Explorer MDL: 1001 on streakdroid 1.9....no luck.
Does it allow you to copy and paste with the mouse?
I have gotten the Microsoft Presenter Mouse 8000 to work with my streak.
And as for selecting text, you can use it, but not how I expected to.
No click and drag but I can position the cursor with a mouse click then when I try to click and drag (e.g. select text) the "Edit text" pop appears and you can select "select text" (NOTE: the scroll wheel worked here). Then you and use the mouse to point and click where you want the select text to end.
Very cool.
Yeah great....but until we can connect to a monitor what's the point. Sorry to sound so negative but I think dell have been very short sighted.
If I could dock to a monitor then I would be a very happy man. If apple can do it.....
Android should have been first
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well... my dell streak dock has 720p out - that should work for a monitor .
Unless you tell me otherwise (and I hope you do) it only outputs video and audio. Not the entire streak desktop.
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I just tested the streak dock video out - and you are correct. Seems to be video only . THAT sucks!
motorola atrix display apk
is it possible to extract the display .apk file from a motorola atrix and see if it works on the streak so we can output the display from the streak to a monitor via hdmi? the streak in itself is a mini computer. i have just connected my apple mouse and bluetooth keyboard and headset all at once and i can use all of them together with out any glitch. imagine the possibilities. we shld ask the motorola atrix forum for the .apk and see if it works on the streak!
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is it possible to extract the display .apk file from a motorola atrix and see if it works on the streak so we can output the display from the streak to a monitor via hdmi? the streak in itself is a mini computer. i have just connected my apple mouse and bluetooth keyboard and headset all at once and i can use all of them together with out any glitch. imagine the possibilities. we shld ask the motorola atrix forum for the .apk and see if it works on the streak!
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I believe the atrix has a special webtop application installed in its rom, which allows it to output the desktop to an external monitor, it would probably be easier to look into external display mirroring instead of implementing the webtop..
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As soon as the mouse is successfully connected, a little cursor appears in the middle of the screen. .
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Can you post a screen shot, please
I asked on the atrix forum and helpful guy pointed me here. It is an apk for mirroring the atrix. Maybe some one can look at the this maybe @dj_steve
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988852
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Any new news on this
Hey,
People, this is indeed interesting.
Any progress on this?
Care,
Sony.
No movement on this. I tried the atrix mirror (and the ones in the Market) nothing leaves the dock but the expected......boo
Thanks for the tip. I tried with my Think Outside BT mouse and it works as well. Was much easier than making the TO BT keyboard work...
has anyone thought about VNC?
I went out and grabbed a Microsoft Bluetooth Portable 6000 keyboard, which is fantastic, by the way. I purchased it with the sole purpose of using it with CM7 w/Bluetooth and aDOSBox. Yeah, I want to kick it old school.
First, when in landscape mode, it will not reorient the arrow keys. Up arrow is left, Left arrow is down and so forth. This is simply the keyboard not being remapped when orientation changes, however... I'm not seeing a simple way to compensate for this.
Any thoughts?
Also, I'm tempted to see what a Bluetooth mouse does on this. I'm finding that the keystroke standards in Android don't follow normal "Windows and clones" methodology. So, having to reach up and touch the screen displaces you enough to make it inconvenient to perform certain tasks.
Is there a proper mouse implementation either in Android or in the CM7 stack? If not, are they any APKs that would satisfy this?
I'm looking for a laptop replacement, if you get the gist of what I'm trying to do here. I want to be able to type a book on a Nook.
Ironic, eh?
I don't think android has the ability to change the key mappings based on orientation.. you might be able to write an app that would do this though. The easiest way to do this is to have to key maps and have your app switch between them when it detects and orientation change. That might not be very efficient but it would be fairly simple to write, I think.
As for the mouse, I can't comment on using it with the nook but I have used a bt mouse with other android devices and it works fine. It would just as you would expect.
I bought also a chinese flexible BT keyboard but has some lag sometimes.
Remapping of keys would interest me also.
There is a fix for the rotation problem. Also for getting the "<" and ">" buttons working. Search isn't working for me and i don't feel like manually combing the forums for it, but it's in a thread labelled "chisleu's mod" or something like that.
edit, found the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008612
I'm going to try this out. This is likely exactly what I'm looking for. I don't expect to use the keyboard in portrait mode... I'll let everyone know how it works for me.
I will eventually be cool enough to write something like this myself, but until then... Script Kiddie, AWAY!
Can anyone recommend a good keyboard case? This is the only one I've been able to find, but it doesn't look very ergonomic, and and I really don't like the style. The strap bugs the heck out of me.
Thanks
Even I had been been looking for a keyboard like this, but couldn't find anything. I really don't think anything like that even exists in the market.
But I've been more than happy with the Continuous Input method of the keyboard which Samsung provides, much faster than typing
Personally, I can't. I just have a foldable bluetooth keyboard that I've had for years now. I got it before a lot of devices had HID bluetooth, but it was around, so I can use it on both. It's a 98 key keyboard. Mind is similar to this: http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Wireless-Bluetooth-Folding-Keyboard/dp/B004L9LT2E/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1404699793&sr=8-7&keywords=portable+bluetooth+keyboard, but some brand name I have never heard about.
That said, think about the size of phone, and how big the keyboard would really be. That size keyboard would not be that easy to use and would be cramped just for the basic letters, shift and return keys. Plus, through in the fact you need to put the keyboard on some kind of surface to use, and most people are on the go with their phones, does not make it the most useful thing. Plus, once you get rid or your phone, what are you going to do with case?
Given the limited options, maybe you need to consider when do you really need or want to use the keyboard. How much do you want carry around an extra device. Do you need something that convenient or can you have a keyboard stored your backpack, briefcase, etc.
folks
my accuracy with both the build-in google keyboard and swype is not what it has been with other phones and I do have long fingers. Anybody else noticed that and found a solution with another keyboard type? Anybody moved to standard typing instead of gesture?
Thx
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folks
my accuracy with both the build-in google keyboard and swype is not what it has been with other phones and I do have long fingers. Anybody else noticed that and found a solution with another keyboard type? Anybody moved to standard typing instead of gesture?
Thx
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I find myself doing a mix of both... and for me it's a toss-up between SwiftKey and the stock Google keyboard, the main difference being available themes, really.
I have noticed a difference in accuracy as well, but I think it's because of the size of the device. It's probably just going to take some getting used to. Try SwiftKey, you can reduce or increase the size of the keyboard.
I have this issue as well.. With small words I'm fine but longer words .. Terrible!